WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan funding bill that included a provision authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) that will extend telehealth access for Americans enrolled in Medicare through the end of 2027. Schatz has been leading efforts to expand telehealth for more than a decade, authoring the CONNECT for Health Act (https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-wicker-lead-bipartisan-group-of-60-senators-in-introducing-legislation-to-expand-telehealth-access-make-permanent-telehealth-flexibilities), which was first introduced in 2016 and is considered the most comprehensive legislation on telehealth in Congress. Since its intr...